Coreon, Hatvn Chasqvi, Churo Chasque · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Coreon, Hatvn Chasqvi, Churo Chasque
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cuzco; Cusco; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image depicts an indigenous messenger boy in Spanish colonial Peru. The messengers were responsible for being royal couriers and delivering mail to the king’s offices around the kingdom. He is illustrated standing in the centre of the image blowing through a horn as he holds a letter in his left hand. There is a bag strapped to his wrist and he is also holding a ceremonial staff in his hand. There is a rosary around his neck, and he is wearing a headpiece that has a cross and a flag on it. There is a dog running alongside the messenger who is labelled as, perro de ayuda [help dog]. The letter that the messenger is holding reads, despacho a su magestad deste rreyno [dispatch to his majesty of this kingdom].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23735
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23735_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Government; Native Officials; Messenger; Post Boy; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization